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The 2023 edition of Fantastic Fest is packed with great genre titles from around the world. Alongside some of the hottest hits from the festival circuit this year, it has some enticing premières lined up, and a handful of cult oldies which you may never have seen before but probably should.
The festival runs from 21 to 28 September.
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Fantastic Latest Reviews
Two mysterious brothers abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery.
In a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man just about to give birth to evil itself. They decide to get rid of the man but merely succeed in helping him to deliver the inferno.
An ominous mixtape blends never before seen snuff footage with nightmarish newscasts and disturbing home video to create a surreal, analogue mashup of the forgotten Eighties.
A traveling knife salesman is stranded and forced to wait at a rural rest stop and suddenly finds himself in the middle of a violent hostage situation upon the arrival of two bank robbers who are on the run after a recent heist.
A post-apocalyptic thriller involving a future impacted by a war between humans and AI.
A former motocross champion and army veteran is now caring for his younger brother. Broke, he agrees to do an open water pick up of a mysterious illegal package in the North Sea.
Three mischievous children on dirt bikes, armed with paint guns and cocky attitudes, launch an attack at a local warehouse, outwitting a security guard and 'liberating' the very latest video game console for themselves - but to make use of it, they need to figure out the password with which their mother has locked the TV.
Kaleb, passionate about exotic animals, accidentally lets his new eight-legged pet slip away.
Polymath Twemlow was a nightclub bouncer, novelist, composer, singer, screenwriter, producer and actor, who for a decade was the most prolific indie filmmaker in the UK! Witness how this 20th century Renaissance man created his own innovative micro-film industry in Manchester.
A documentary about the men drafted in to fill the gap and keep audiences happy after the death of cinema's greatest martial arts star.
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